I know this is going to be subjective but do you feel that the Eee Box would have enough horsepower to run everything you're running now (Centrafuse, etc) plus an external USB sound card and USB touchscreen monitor? The monitors aren't out yet, but I've heard both can be pretty CPU intensive.

I am running an external USB sound with a c-media chipset for wiring up a microphone for voice control/bluetooth hands-free. Works perfect, no skips, glitches, or standby issues. I'm thinking the Eee may be able to run those new LCD's. Not too sure... Maybe someone else on the board has tested one of these new USB LCD's with the Atom 1.6ghz chipset?

What I have plugged into USB isn't exactly anything to require much CPU power at all.

Touch screen, very very minima data transfer or processing involved.
Sirius interface, hardly any processing power needed.
GPS - yet again, barely any data transfer or processing needed.
Memory card reader, rarely gets used, probably can use a bit of system recourses when transferring lots of files at a time.
iPhone - I don't have itunes installed, just plug it in to charge it, no CPU power required.
Startup/shutdown controller - doesn't transfer data, only uses the USB port to sense the power on/or off state of the computer.

Yeah, all of my system USB devices are set to "Allow computer to turn off this device to save power" and the touch screen USB controller has "Allow this device to wake the computer" disabled. I don't recall seeing a choice for S1 or S3 power management on the Eee's Bios setup but I'll take a keyboard out there and check it out when I get it all put back together.

That is a nice setup..... It is very similar to mine. I ran all the electrical to the passenger seat then more wires come from there and go to the second row, were the PC and PSU sit. I do have to ask though, are you having any heat issues? I have a small inverter for my VGA splitter, which will not work with out the original wall adapter) and recently the inverter was over heating. I had to cut a hole in the side of it and put a fan ontop. With the fan, no over heating at all now. You have a whole PC under there, so im curious.

That is a nice setup..... It is very similar to mine. I ran all the electrical to the passenger seat then more wires come from there and go to the second row, were the PC and PSU sit. I do have to ask though, are you having any heat issues? I have a small inverter for my VGA splitter, which will not work with out the original wall adapter) and recently the inverter was over heating. I had to cut a hole in the side of it and put a fan ontop. With the fan, no over heating at all now. You have a whole PC under there, so im curious.

Thanks man...

Are you only powering the VGA splitter?
If the VGA splitter is 12V, just wire it directly or find a VGA splitter that works on a 12V DC power supply. OR... just get a universal laptop charger that has a voltage selector switch (what i use for powering my computer). They work very efficiently, and are VERY cheap to pick up on ebay. I have it hardwired and powered all of the time, that's how I let this computer power off the standby instead of hibernation.

I feel that inverters are just a total waste of energy and take up too much space, also just a hassle to wire and relay, unless you REALLY need an inverter for something other than a computer. I suppose the laptop power supply I'm using is necessarily a mini inverter, but it's so officiant so far, it's a no-fail.

I don't have any heat issues at all, ever. I have no inverters involved nor does the 12v laptop power supply I have even get hot, Plus, the Eee Box has quite the cooling fan. I've never been able to heat the Eee up enough for the fan to go to it's highest RPM.

Are you only powering the VGA splitter?
If the VGA splitter is 12V, just wire it directly or find a VGA splitter that works on a 12V DC power supply. OR... just get a universal laptop charger that has a voltage selector switch (what i use for powering my computer). They work very efficiently, and are VERY cheap to pick up on ebay. I have it hardwired and powered all of the time, that's how I let this computer power off the standby instead of hibernation.

I feel that inverters are just a total waste of energy and take up too much space, also just a hassle to wire and relay, unless you REALLY need an inverter for something other than a computer. I suppose the laptop power supply I'm using is necessarily a mini inverter, but it's so officiant so far, it's a no-fail.

I don't have any heat issues at all, ever. I have no inverters involved nor does the 12v laptop power supply I have even get hot, Plus, the Eee Box has quite the cooling fan. I've never been able to heat the Eee up enough for the fan to go to it's highest RPM.

HAHAHAHAHA, I wish it was that easy. It works at 9V and 600ma. So far I have tried 7 different car adapters to try to power the unit, including one that is 9V and 650ma (only a 50ma difference) and the thing will not work. Trust me, if it was 12V, i would have done that.

I agree with you, but as stated above I cant find a plug for this thing. I did have 2 inverters, one to power the splitter, and another to power my USB hub. After going through 4 hubs and not knowing why, 2k1Toaster explained to me why they were dying, so I trashed that inverter. The inverter I have is very very small. The size of a 2.5 HDD, so it doesnt take up much room.

The inverter is the shinny black thing, I ran wires to the wall adapter because together it took up too much room.

HAHAHAHAHA, I wish it was that easy. It works at 9V and 600ma. So far I have tried 7 different car adapters to try to power the unit, including one that is 9V and 650ma (only a 50ma difference) and the thing will not work. Trust me, if it was 12V, i would have done that.

I agree with you, but as stated above I cant find a plug for this thing. I did have 2 inverters, one to power the splitter, and another to power my USB hub. After going through 4 hubs and not knowing why, 2k1Toaster explained to me why they were dying, so I trashed that inverter. The inverter I have is very very small. The size of a 2.5 HDD, so it doesnt take up much room.

The inverter is the shinny black thing, I ran wires to the wall adapter because together it took up too much room.

Most of the universal laptop power supplies have a built in 5V usb port at 2 amps. This will rid your reason of needing an inverter at all. I would find a different VGA splitter, heh. I'm unsure if I could handle that. I'd check out the board on the VGA splitter and see if you can bypass whatever is regulating the voltage/amperage coming into the device.

I mean, you do what you want, I'm just letting you know my suggestions